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event STS-6 landing Chart date & time
April 9, 1983 at 10:53 AM PST
Chart place
Edwards Air Force Base landing complex, California, United States
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Public connections Paul J. Weitz Mission commander wikipedia · Actual onboard mission crew; the role applies to the mission including this Earth landing.nasa.gov · NASA’s individual mission page independently identifies this mission crew, orbiter or operator role.Karol J. Bobko Mission pilot wikipedia · Actual onboard mission crew; the role applies to the mission including this Earth landing.nasa.gov · NASA’s individual mission page independently identifies this mission crew, orbiter or operator role.F. Story Musgrave Mission mission specialist wikipedia · Actual onboard mission crew; the role applies to the mission including this Earth landing.nasa.gov · NASA’s individual mission page independently identifies this mission crew, orbiter or operator role.Donald H. Peterson Mission mission specialist flight engineer wikipedia · Actual onboard mission crew; the role applies to the mission including this Earth landing.nasa.gov · NASA’s individual mission page independently identifies this mission crew, orbiter or operator role.Roy D. Bridges Jr. Entry capcom wikipedia · Mission support assignment; this does not assert onboard flight or physical presence at the landing venue.Mary L. Cleave Support crew wikipedia · Mission support assignment; this does not assert onboard flight or physical presence at the landing venue.Richard O. Covey Ascent capcom wikipedia · Mission support assignment; this does not assert onboard flight or physical presence at the landing venue.Guy Gardner Support crew wikipedia · Mission support assignment; this does not assert onboard flight or physical presence at the landing venue.Jon McBride Support crew wikipedia · Mission support assignment; this does not assert onboard flight or physical presence at the landing venue.Bryan D. O’Connor Support crew wikipedia · Mission support assignment; this does not assert onboard flight or physical presence at the landing venue.NASA Mission operator wikipedia · The mission infobox names NASA as operator.nasa.gov · NASA’s individual mission page independently identifies this mission crew, orbiter or operator role.Challenger Spacecraft used wikipedia · The individual mission identifies this named orbiter.nasa.gov · NASA’s individual mission page independently identifies this mission crew, orbiter or operator role.Space Shuttle program Part of program wikipedia · The individual article identifies this mission as part of the Space Shuttle program.TDRS-1 Mission payload wikipedia · Named mission hardware or payload; this records a mission association, not a separate timed deployment.Places Edwards Air Force Base landing complex, California, United States event location · venue precision · 34.9056, -117.8836 · America/Los_Angeles Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States launch pad · venue precision · 28.6083, -80.6044 · America/New_York wikipedia · The mission identifies this launch/landing site. The mapped coordinates identify the named complex, not the exact wheel-contact point.nasa.gov · NASA’s mission record confirms this named launch pad or landing site.wikipedia · The location article provides the mapped complex coordinates.Relationship & place review coverage Relationships: needs review. Places: reviewed. Reviewed 2026-10-29.
Reviewed individual mission infobox, actual crew, backup and support crew sections, named payload examples, NASA primary mission clock/site record and location coordinates. Actual flight, backup and ground support roles remain distinct. No orbital or lunar event is assigned an Earth anchor. Mission-control shift rosters and the complete experiment-contributor network are not exhaustively covered. Source clock discrepancies are stated in the individual chart qualification. Coverage describes the cited sections reviewed for this record.
Sources and review Wikipedia individual event record; Individually reviewed event clock, terrestrial location and participants
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source review cleared
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Reviewed public record
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Oct 29, 2026, 12:14 AM
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Source quality: exact documented - second precision
Wikipedia individual event record
Individually reviewed event clock, terrestrial location and participants
Source label: Wikipedia event review
Earth landing as recorded in NASA’s individual mission history. NASA’s mission record gives launch13:30:00EST and landing10:53:42PST; the individual Wikipedia article agrees on the displayed clocks. The chart adopts NASA’s recorded Earth event time.
Wikipedia source page Supporting event source Edwards Air Force Base landing complex, California, United States
landing complex · venue precision · 34.9056, -117.8836 · America/Los_Angeles
wikipedia · The mission identifies this launch/landing site. The mapped coordinates identify the named complex, not the exact wheel-contact point.nasa.gov · NASA’s mission record confirms this named launch pad or landing site.wikipedia · The location article provides the mapped complex coordinates.